Easley v. Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

By Judge Clifford R. Weckstein

This is an appeal, under Virginia Code § 9-6.14:16, from the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board’s decision to revoke a business establishment’s license to sell alcoholic beverages.

The petitioner, Barbara Steptoe Easley, operated a nightclub, Easley’s Restaurant, in the City of Roanoke. The Board revoked her “mixed beverage restaurant” and “wine and beer on premises” license. The Final Decision and Order Revoking License, entered on October 27,2000, set forth two bases for revoking the license: (i) “the licensee allowed noisy or disorderly conduct upon the…